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Analysis of clinical trials reveals that placebo content is rarely described
28 October 2010
A group of researchers looked into how often details are provided about the placebos given to patients in placebo-controlled trials. The answer? Very rarely.
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AllTrials is all smiles for Big Pharma: Data transparency and the randomised, controlled trial
28 May 2014
As pharma looks set to tighten its grip on clinical trials, new approaches are vital
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Taking the shine off the randomised controlled trial’s ‘gold standard’ for evidence
07 November 2012
Why comparative effectiveness research creates better decision-making for the real world
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The Regen Health Blueprint Project
Regenerating health & care post pandemic. Find out how an entire nation’s approach to health & care could be made both resilient and sustainable for now and the future based on our UK-tailored blueprint
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Never have so few controlled the lives of so many
14 May 2020
Video: Rob Verkerk PhD expresses deep concerns over incestuous circle that controls global Covid strategy
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ANH-INTL FEATURE: The European winter of health claims discontent?
17 October 2012
Rob Verkerk reviews conference on the use of clinical trials for health claims approvals
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Lancet study attacks antioxidants (1)
10 October 2007
Dr Bjelakovic and colleagues have analysed 14 trials involving antioxidant vitamins and the mineral selenium. Their findings are damning, but cannot, in ANH's view, be applied to antioxidants in general.
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'New Horizons in Water Science’ Evidence for Homeopathy Seminar
14 July 2018
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ANH Feature: St John’s Wort works as well as drugs – with far fewer side-effects
09 December 2008
A recent Cochrane review of 29 trials, covering 5489 patients, concluded that the St John’s Wort extracts tested "...are superior to placebo in patients with major depression". No wonder this innocent herb has been banned as a food supplement in some EU Member States. It is quite clearly too effective for its own good!
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In defence of homeopathy
03 May 2017
The push back against those attacking homeopathy gathers steam